11.   Cablevision and U S West Inc. recently ended talks on a possible investment by the regional telephone company in Cablevision.

12.   Canmex Mineral Corp. and Copperstone Resources Corp. ended merger talks because of the objections of several key Canmex shareholders.

13.   Chevron, which is based in San Francisco, confirmed that it had ended its talks with Texaco.

14.   Coca farmers in southern Colombia ended talks with the government without agreement in a dispute over chemical spraying of illegal coca plants, El Tiempo reported.

15.   Commerzbank AG of Germany said it ended takeover talks with U.K. brokerage Smith New Court Plc.

16.   Commerzbank AG of Germany said it has ended takeover talks with the U.K. brokerage Smith New Court Plc.

17.   Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union spokesman Brian Payne said the company left it with no choice, talks ended and the Monday morning strike deadline set.

18.   Compuserve Corp. said it ended talks with Europe Online SA without reaching an agreement about taking a stake in the troubled on-line information service.

19.   Corning Inc. and Nortel Networks ended talks Thursday that would have combined their fiber optic operations.

20.   Despite ending the talks with Circus, Hilton is still considering splitting itself in two, industry officials said.